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typeId: term
recordId: identity-is-not-authority
fields:
  title: Identity Is Not Authority
  definition: "A Benac principle: knowing who signed, offered, authored, stored,
    computed, or replicated something does not mean the Local Station should
    trust it."
  order: 590
  usage:
    - Use this phrase to prevent signature and identity from becoming
      central-authority substitutes.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 6. Identity, signatures, and provenance terminology
---
